Fong On

SoHo & Chinatown


Shuttering after an 80-plus-year run, family-operated tofu purveyor Fong Inn Two recently got a reboot. Catering to both a new generation and devoted, longtime locals at the Eng family’s original manufacturing location, son Paul has recreated beloved recipes for homemade tofu, soy milk, bai tang gao (a sweet, steamed rice cake) dau fu fa (a syrupy tofu pudding) and more.


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